...for as long as it takes
The Royal Air Force was established in Britain
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American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying,
"The world must be made safe for
democracy."
Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the Revolutionary War, died at the age of 109
Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany.
During World War II, the Japanese warship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
In 1959, NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.
During World War II, American soldiers liberated Buchenwald, the notorious Nazi concentration camp in Germany.
President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Apollo 13 blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. The astronauts managed to return safely.
